May, 2007

Blog - About

About Contagious Curiosity

I am a DE (Developer Evangelist) for the MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) team. My job is to give talks to developers throughout Southern California, to listen to their feedback, and to communicate that feedback back to Redmond. My interests and specialities are as follows:

I am a "language geek" with a degree in linguistics and have a hobby of learning foreign languages. Semantic modeling - both visual and verbal - fascinates me. I love LINQ, SDML, ORM and the like...I mean, really, how many people have you ever met that actually used English Query in SQL Server 7.0?

Check it out - I'm co-hosting a show on Channel 9 . More details, such as show schedule, guests, etc...to follow shortly! We've got many, many cool things planned for this - watch for updates on my blog.

I've run the annual Saddleback Memorial day 5k many times now and always wondered - what would it be like to run their 1/2 marathon ? Today I did it (in just over 2 hours). If you are not a runner, that's probably all you need to know, however, if you...

Have you started working with Silverlight 1.0 or 1.1 yet (used to be called WPF/E internally)? Here's where you download the tools to get started (SDKs, samples, etc...) You'll also need to sign up for a (free) streaming account. Link to Microsoft Silverlight...

If you developing applications for Vista / Longhorn, here's the link you need (because several of you attending my events recently have asked)... Link to The Windows Vista and Windows "Longhorn" Server Developer Story: Application Compatibility Cookbook

SharePoint, SharePoint, SharePoint - I'm in the middle of a 12-part webcast series (SharePoint for Developers) and feel like I am just scratching the surface. In the world of SharePoint, there really is so much to talk about. And, I don't seem to be the...

As a language geek, I am constantly on the lookout for interesting features of current and future languages. Elegant language (whether code or human language) has a kind of musicality to it. This article (and the related links) are right up my alley....

I've been involved with this group for awhile now. They do fantastic work around the world in support of education in general - with a particular emphasis on improving the possibilities for women and girls. We are in need of a couple of ASP.NET 2.0 developers...

As I work to absorb the raft of recent announcements (mostly around MIX07), I discovered the DLR - or dynamic language runtime. Jim's blog is devoted to helping you to understand how to work with DLR languages, such as IronPython. His entire blog is a...

Join me at Code Camp - hosted by my fellow DE (Developer Evangelist) Woody Pewitt as UCSD. Here you'll meet with and learn from people just like you, that is, working developers. If you want to present a session, just sign up at the site and join in....